{"product_id":"a-sense-of-occasion-isbn-9798217177394","title":"A Sense of Occasion","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn electric, stylish—and very British—novel exploring the tensions and transgressions of relationships and sex, as one dysfunctional family gathers for a funeral\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   After Mary’s sudden death, a fractured family reunites in a small English village for a funeral over a hot summer weekend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Patch is clearly overwhelmed by hosting a wake for her mother in her childhood home but is trying to muddle through, starting with the menu. Robin wants to support, but instead of assuming the role of responsible father, he heads to his former haunt: the lay-by where he used to meet farmers for sex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Meanwhile, Jude is on her way from Naples, worrying less about her estranged cousin Patch and more about whether there’s a medicinal bag of cocaine in the trunk of her rental car. She hasn’t told the family she’s en route.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Thrown together in Mary’s tiny home, each member of the family is trying to feel something: to atone, to punish, to be better. But they rarely have one another’s best interests at heart, and as the connection between them twists and contorts, they lose sight of the rules and grasp toward anything that might make it all less painful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Darkly funny, astute, and highly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion\u003c\/i\u003e subverts and perverts expectations to explore the dysfunctional nature of family, relationships and sex, and the fractious desires that simmer beneath.\"Assured, perfectly paced, sexy and intelligent, \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion\u003c\/i\u003e is truly profound on the costs of performing one’s sexuality in public and private. I read it in a day; it was difficult to stop.\"\u003cb\u003e —Merve Emre, author of\u003ci\u003e The Ferrante Letters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Personality Brokers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“It would be a mistake to call the members of Brodie Crellin’s fictional family unlikeable characters – they’re simply real, recognizable characters. Crellin has a genius for tracking the internal logic behind all kinds of catastrophically bad behavior. \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book, at once shrewd and ethereal.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003eChris Kraus, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Four Spent the Day Together\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Unforgettable. . . Crellin explores the boundless complications of sexuality, desire and love with rigor, intelligence and humor. Here are characters and relationships which feel strange, distinctive and always true.” \u003cb\u003e—Rachel Connolly, author of\u003ci\u003e Lazy City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Crellin is an astonishing writer, their sentences ring like bells and are so sharp and perfect. This book is sexy, terrifying, keen and startling.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eDaisy Johnson, author of\u003ci\u003e Everything Under and Sisters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“An outstanding debut by a singular voice. \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion\u003c\/i\u003e favours honesty over sentimentality, embracing the claustrophobic atmosphere of totally dysfunctional families. A rare, funny novel.”\u003cb\u003e —Nicola Dinan, author of\u003ci\u003e Disappoint Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Smart, often so funny, and incredibly moving, Brodie Crellin explores love, desire, family, and dynamics of power, care and dependence with total honesty. \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterfully constructed novel. . . profound, immersive, visceral, tender, deeply accomplished and completely unique.”\u003cb\u003e —Harriet Armstrong, author of \u003ci\u003eTo Rest Our Minds and Bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrodie Crellin\u003c\/b\u003e lives in London and is an editor at\u003ci\u003e Granta\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine.\u003ci\u003e A Sense of Occasion\u003c\/i\u003e is Brodie’s first novel.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232897315045,"sku":"NP9798217177394","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217177394.jpg?v=1767720776","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-sense-of-occasion-isbn-9798217177394","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}